Katapull, a Dutch software company, has acquired Picqer, which makes warehouse management software for e-commerce businesses. The Dutch trade site Dutch IT Leaders reported the deal, and Dealroom covered it on October 10, 2026.
Dutch IT Leaders described it as a multimillion deal but did not give a figure, and neither company disclosed terms.
Picqer joins Katapull's Commerce Hub, a group of specialist software companies that each handle a different step in the operational side of online retail. It will keep its own name, and its existing team will continue to run the business day to day. Co-founder Casper Bakker said Picqer will keep building what he called the best tool for the warehouse.
What Picqer built
Casper Bakker and Stephan Groen, the founders and joint chief executives, started Picqer in November 2012 after seven years of building custom web applications. In their work for e-commerce sites they found that no good software existed for managing a web shop's warehouse, so they built it. Picqer says 10% of all online orders in the Netherlands are now processed with its software.
Picqer's software runs the inside of an online shop's warehouse: purchasing, stock control and order picking. It tells staff which products to reorder, checks deliveries when they arrive, tracks stock across one or several locations and guides pickers along the most efficient route. Pick lists can be processed in batches, so one walk through the warehouse covers several orders.
With one click, the software books a shipment with the carrier, prints the label and sends the tracking code back to the web shop. It also handles returns and connects to online stores, shipping services and customer support tools.
The company pitches its product as simple enough to use without consultants or manuals. It says it is used by web shops and fulfilment businesses selling everything from baby clothes to fishing rods, at volumes from 20 to more than 5,000 orders a day. A separate product, Picqer Fulfilment, lets fulfilment companies manage stock and orders for many clients in one system, each with its own portal.
“With Picqer we make the Commerce Hub more complete,”
Why Katapull is buying
Katapull is building its Commerce Hub around the operational chain of online retail. Returnista handles returns, DeliveryMatch handles logistics and Logic4 covers business and commerce processes. Picqer adds warehouse management, so the hub now runs from purchasing and stock through picking, shipping, returns and administration.
Katapull is based in Rotterdam and backed by the investor NedVest, according to the law firm Osborne Clarke, which advised Bakker and Groen on the sale of Picqer and its holding company Logict. Besides Returnista, DeliveryMatch and Logic4, the hub includes EffectConnect, Highbiza, Transus and Vendit, covering ERP, logistics, marketplace management and electronic data interchange.
Gino Keijzer, Katapull's chief executive, said Picqer makes the Commerce Hub more complete. He said Katapull focuses deliberately on the processes that make sure orders, stock, logistics and returns are handled efficiently, and that Picqer is technically strong, has an excellent reputation and has customers that fit well with the rest of the group.
Both Picqer and Katapull target mid-market commerce companies. Katapull says the deal also lets it offer Picqer to its existing customers. For users of Logic4 whose warehouse needs go beyond that product's functions, Picqer's more extensive system could be a next step.
What happens to customers
Each company in Katapull's hub keeps its own identity and works from its own expertise, while their products can be connected. Bakker said Picqer had found in Katapull a group of companies with the same ambition, helping Dutch e-commerce businesses with the best operational software, and that it sees strength in working together while each keeps its own character.
He said Picqer would work towards even better integration with Returnista and DeliveryMatch, companies it has worked with for years.
Picqer has never taken outside money. Its team page says the company has no external investors and is profitable, and that it tries to have as much impact as possible with a small team, with few meetings and asynchronous communication. Its stated goal is to give every online store in Europe a stress-free warehouse.
